Haiku In Love: Written For Lovers, Ex-Lovers and the In-Between

Surprisingly, given its brevity, a haiku love poem can very effectively portray the vagaries of that emotion called love. Love itself is a mystery the everyone is intent on mastering. It's in our DNA. Haiku love poems are also a mystery that must be mastered. How do you portray such a complex emotion, in all its stages, with so few words and still have your audience understand the words? To have a visceral reaction to the emotions?

Haiku can express in a few words the ebb and flow of relationships, the highs and lows of love found and love lost. Haiku poems, originating in Japan, are short 17 syllable expressions typically written about emotions or nature. The syllables are written in 5-7-5 order and can be one word or a combination of words that make up the 5-7-5 order.

It is not necessary to rhyme haiku, although some haiku may rhyme. That could be accidental rather than by the design of the poet.

Since there are so few words that are used in haiku poetry, the initial thought is that it would be quite easy to write haiku and a breeze to write haiku love poems. In fact, the opposite is true. The sheer brevity, the limited number of words that can be used, is a challenge for anyone who writes.

I compare writing haiku to a collapsing star, a supernova: you must capture an explosion of words, then harness that energy of thought and collapse it into the least amount of space. Your thoughts must be expressive, your thoughts must portray a sense of beauty, regardless of the subject and your thoughts must be concise. In a world where words fly about like meteors on a clear night, it's not an easy feat.

Here are a few haiku love poems that follows the course of love. Enjoy and share!

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Cynthia B Turner 4 years agofrom Georgia

Hi, Oh I'm so glad you like the Haiku. I wanted to write about the phases of love in as few words as possible and still convey the magnitude of love. I hope I've done that.

Thanks so much for taking the time to leave me a comment.

Take care.

Jen Card 4 years ago

Beautiful work of art. I love how you put a collection together like that. Very well put together Haiku. Thank you for sharing!

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Cynthia B Turner 5 years agofrom Georgia

Thank you, thank you for such kind words. I am so pleased you think so highly of my work. Read on anytime. Take care.

Mohan Kumar 5 years agofrom UK

These are a sterling example of the genre as everyone of yours here I read- I feel the emotion, sense the setting and see the scene. It takes some talent to be so evocative in 17 syllables and that is exactly what you have doen here... beautiful!

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Cynthia B Turner 5 years agofrom Georgia

Thank you, thank you for such positive words about my haiku! i know that whatever you write is done so expertly. I know your haiku will be "par excellence," as well. Take care and have a creative day.

epigramman 5 years ago

..not a big fan of the Haiku poetry genre but you make them like art and in three epic lines you talk the talk and walk the walk so I am starting to appreciate Haikus more because you write them so well - and sending you warm wishes and good energy from lake erie time ontario canada 9:22pm

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Cynthia B Turner 5 years agofrom Georgia

Thank you so much for leaving such a nice comment and voting up.

ignugent17 5 years ago

Very interesting haiku. I like the "You" haiku . Voted up and more!

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Cynthia B Turner 5 years agofrom Georgia

Hi Ryan, I'm happy you found these entertaining and took time to leave a comment. Appreciated.

Ryan McGill 5 years agofrom Omaha, NE

I really enjoyed these Cyndi. These were all welll done in my eyes. Thanks so much for sharing.

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Cynthia B Turner 5 years agofrom Georgia

Thanks for taking a read and leaving a comment.

Justin W Price 5 years agofrom Juneau, Alaska

Nicve, Cyndi. I like deja vu

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Cynthia B Turner 5 years agofrom Georgia

Hello Starstream, Thank you so much for the approval of what I wrote. I find that Haiku takes some thought for me to achieve the simplicity of the writing and still convey the complexity of the thought.

Dreamer at heart 5 years agofrom Northern California

Nice touch with your love haiku. It reminds us that simplicity sometimes says it best. I voted it up.

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Cynthia B Turner 5 years agofrom Georgia

Thank you so much for such very kind words! I really appreciate you reading and taking the time to leave such positive comments, especially since I think your work is so great.

Annie Fenn 5 years agofrom Australia

Having just tried Haiku for the first time, I am thinking I should have come here for lessons first - your haiku are just beautiful, absolutly love "trade winds" and "maybe". Thank you for showing me how it should be done.

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Cynthia B Turner 5 years agofrom Georgia

Hello, Thanks for taking a look. Glad you liked what you read. Thank you so much for sharing!

Hello Katrine, I think you will find Haiku can become addictive. You find yourself thinking of ways to reduce your thoughts to what I call "the lowest common denominator." Thank you for taking the time to read and comment.

KatrineDalMonte 5 years ago

Hi Cyndi, I'm only just starting to explore poetry, and Haiku is something new to me. It's interesting how much can be said in a few words. Well done.

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Cynthia B Turner 5 years agofrom Georgia

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop in and read my offering. I really appreciate the compliment!

Demas W Jasper 5 years agofrom Today's America and The World Beyond

I love the sequence of Haiku and the flowing story. Wonderful; just as so many other Hubbers have chimed in to tell you.

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Cynthia B Turner 5 years agofrom Georgia

Thank you so much for reading. I'm even happier you enjoyed them!

Ruchira 5 years agofrom United States

Wow Cyndi.

I loved it. You covered 3 arenas beautifully.

Voted up as beautiful indeed :)

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Cynthia B Turner 5 years agofrom Georgia

Thank you so much for the compliment and for sharing! They are tricky to write. Trying to condense your thoughts into such a tight little package and have it convey meaning, seem almost the antithesis of a writer.

Brett Caulton 5 years agofrom Thailand

These are tricky to master, but you have clearly been practicing ... nicely written and some interesting imagery.

Thanks for SHARING.

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Cynthia B Turner 5 years agofrom Georgia

Hello, I'm so glad you liked this collection. I was inspired by the holiday, but wanted to see it through the cycle of a relationship. Thank you for reading and voting up.

Richard Ricky Hale 5 years agofrom West Virginia

Voted up, awesome, and beautiful Cyndi. Great collection of poetry and raw emotion in every word.

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Cynthia B Turner 5 years agofrom Georgia

I love it when you read my work. I'm doubly happy when you say you like it. Thanks so much for reading and yes I will join your FB group since I love both the movie and music ...when I get that FB page:-)

epigramman 5 years ago

....not such a big fan of the Haiku form - for the epi-man it's too restraining for his scope and imagination - lol lol - but when you put them together so artfully I absolutely love it - will post this wonderful grouping to my FB page with a direct link back here - and I have started a new FB group called LET'S JUST TALK MUSIC OR CINEMA - I would love for you to join if you're interested - my name is Colin Stewart with the same profile photo and the group title can clicked for a link - lake erie time 12:09am sending you warm wishes and good energy

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Cynthia B Turner 5 years agofrom Georgia

I appreciate you stopping in and reading my Haiku. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a such a positive comment.